Human suffering crosses all ethnic, racial and political borders. Efforts to alleviate it must do the same.
Immigration
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Two nuns have a message for Catholics angry about their ministry to immigrants: ‘We don’t have any intention of stopping.’
“I’m mystified by any group that would call itself Catholic that is attacking the Catholic Church and its ministry,” Sister Donna Markham, the president and C.E.O. of Catholic Charities USA, said.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Migrants at the U.S. border are often traumatized. JRS provides the mental health services they desperately need.
The limbo experienced by asylum seekers waiting to be admitted to the United States and the traumatic experiences that forced them to leave their home country in the first place take a profound psychological toll.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
CatholicVote files suit to get information on Catholic agencies ‘facilitating a record surge in illegal immigration’
CatholicVote, an independent political advocacy group, has filed a lawsuit seeking information about how the government and church-affiliated groups have gone about “facilitating a record surge in illegal immigration.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
America has a duty to help Middle Eastern refugees. Withdrawing from Afghanistan didn’t change that.
Since the end of U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan, much of the world has turned its attention away from geopolitical conflicts in the region. But these issues have not disappeared.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Better than Trump but ‘too slow to deliver change.’ Biden’s immigration record one year in
While acknowledging it will take years to reverse President Trump’s policies and finally move toward immigration reform, many hoped the Biden administration would have done more by this point.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
How do we prepare Catholic universities for success? Focus on the marginalized.
To secure a more promising tomorrow, institutional presidents should reclaim a commitment central to the founding of Catholic colleges and universities in the United States: a special focus on the needs and the dignity of the marginalized.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Stories from 2021 that Pope Francis wished you would have read
Here’s a rundown of some of the issues the pope tried to keep at the forefront of the news in 2021 and articles about them you may have missed.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
As Latin American economies decline, U.S. again becomes destination of hope for migrants
New migrant caravans to the United States are always forming with large contingents of Central Americans, but there is a growing presence of Haitians, Venezuelans and Brazilians among them.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Podcast: Visiting a Greek refugee camp with Pope Francis
This week on “Inside the Vatican,” Gerard O’Connell speaks with Colleen Dulle about traveling with Pope Francis to Cyprus and Greece to “touch the wounds of humanity.”